tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544517358940982890.post6926878625239632733..comments2024-02-24T12:05:50.375+00:00Comments on Dublin Bay Birds Project: Summer holidays in Dublin BayHelenBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892654239838598622noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544517358940982890.post-25756396767155574122016-09-05T15:19:14.924+01:002016-09-05T15:19:14.924+01:00Thanks for this Coilin – very interesting.
Firstl...Thanks for this Coilin – very interesting. <br />Firstly, I just selected a few species to use as examples, but yes, as you say, it’s not just those species that Dublin Bay is important for during the passage and summer months. <br />Having said that, we haven’t recorded flocks of Common Sandpipers in those numbers in our monthly rising- and low-tide surveys, so it is very interesting to know Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446956974146027754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544517358940982890.post-45726612628067092622016-09-05T02:21:57.719+01:002016-09-05T02:21:57.719+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846061524091445818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544517358940982890.post-65930027823481994082016-09-04T21:07:05.660+01:002016-09-04T21:07:05.660+01:00I can't see my first comment there, so I'l...I can't see my first comment there, so I'll repeat briefly what I wrote, as I didn't keep a record of it.<br /><br />I was saying that besides the species you mention, Dublin Bay also hosts Common Sandpipers and Turnstones in the summer months.<br /><br />Common Sandpipers occur in south Dublin Bay on autumn passage in July and August, with flocks up to and exceeding twenty birds. Coilin MacLochlainnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056888961235655816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544517358940982890.post-20455340333390031962016-09-04T21:01:54.684+01:002016-09-04T21:01:54.684+01:00Further to my previous comment, when I said July a...Further to my previous comment, when I said July apropos Turnstones, I meant June. I am sure they occur on passage in July.<br />Best wishes, Coilin MacLochlainnCoilin MacLochlainnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056888961235655816noreply@blogger.com